meal ticket

noun

1. 被视为金钱和食物来源的人（或物）
   a person or thing that you see only as a source of money and food
   1. He suspected that he was just a meal ticket for her.
      他感到对她来说自己不过是一张餐券。
2. 饭票；餐券
   a card or ticket that gives you the right to have a cheap or free meal, for example at school

1. N-SING 提供生活来源的人;赖以为生的手段
   If you say that something or someone is a meal ticket, you mean that they provide a person with money or a lifestyle which they would not otherwise have.
   1. His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life...
      他选的这一行是不可能赖以为生的。
   2. I don't intend to be a meal-ticket for anyone.
      我无意供养任何人。

1. His chosen field was unlikely to be a meal ticket for life
   他选的这一行是不可能赖以为生的。
2. You mean she needs a meal ticket?
   你意思是她需要个长期饭票吧？
3. Everyday lunch, supper for the volunteers by the meal ticket during the festival time. ( The meal standard is as the same as the artists ')
   活动期间参与的志愿者凭餐票可享受每日午餐，晚餐（进餐标准与艺术家标准一致）
4. His rich wife is his meal ticket.
   他靠他有钱的太太生活。
5. He meant to ask for a meal ticket, but the seemingly proper moment never came, and he decided to pay himself that night.
   他本想要一张餐券，但是好像一直都没有合适的机会，他就决定这一晚上自己付了。
6. She ia a selfish woman who looks upon her husband only as a meal ticket.
   她是个自私的女人，她把她丈夫当作是饭票。
7. He gave me a meal ticket this noon.
   今天中午他给了我一张餐券。
8. Singing is joe's meal ticket.
   唱歌是乔赖以为生的手段。
9. With a meal included in the cost of the ticket, it all adds up to a really good evening's entertainment.
   入场券的钱里还包括了一顿饭，总起说来，这个晚上的招待算是不错了。
10. A radio announcer's voice is his meal ticket.
    电台播音员的嗓子就是他的饭碗。
11. I can't leave bob. he's my meal ticket.
    我离不开鲍勃。我完全靠他过日子了。
12. However, please reserve the special meal next time you book a ticket and confirm it24 hours before flight.
    但请您在下次订票时预定，并于乘机前24小时再次确认您的餐食。
13. I don't enjoy the job but it's my meal ticket for the moment.
    我不喜欢这份工作，但暂时需赖其度日。
14. Now why would I kill my meal ticket, detective?
    那么我为什么要杀了我的饭票，探员先生？
15. "Could you let me have a meal ticket?" Leaving the dinning-car I asked the conductor for the first service.
    你能给我一张餐券吗？离开餐车时，我跟乘务员索取第一批就餐券。
16. Without a meal ticket, I suppose.
    我想只是没有提供三餐给你。

noun

1. coupon redeemable at a restaurant and entitling the holder to a meal

   Synonym:    luncheon voucher

2. a source of income or livelihood